"D.C. Bar Produces Next Generation of Leaders with Leadership Academy"

Washington Lawyer

06.02.14Jonathan Kossak was quoted regarding the D.C. Bar's Leadership Academy, which was recently renamed in memoriam to John Payton, former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Now in its second year, the Leadership Academy's mission is to identify, inspire and educate D.C. Bar members to be leaders of the Bar and to encourage them to use their leadership skills in professional settings, local bar associations and community organizations. During the Academy, Bar members were encouraged to develop leadership skills while adhering to the values on which Payton built his career -- integrity, respect and public service. Graduates of the academy commended its takeaways as eye-opening. Kossak, who was one of 16 lawyers in the 2014 class, described presentations by former Bar leaders as "tremendously inspiring."